Adding 3rd IDE drive

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I purchased an 80 Gbyte drive, instlled it so the hardware
wizard recognizes it, but widnows does not recognize it.
Apparently, there is a default limit of two IDE dricves in
the Windows Registry. Does enyone know how to edit the
Registry to allow 3 drives?
 
Rob said:
I purchased an 80 Gbyte drive, instlled it so the hardware
wizard recognizes it, but widnows does not recognize it.
Apparently, there is a default limit of two IDE dricves in
the Windows Registry. Does enyone know how to edit the
Registry to allow 3 drives?
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Actually Windows will recognize up to 4 IDE drives. Regardless of if they
are hard drives or CD drives.
 
In said:
I purchased an 80 Gbyte drive, instlled it so the hardware
wizard recognizes it, but widnows does not recognize it.
Apparently, there is a default limit of two IDE dricves in
the Windows Registry. Does enyone know how to edit the
Registry to allow 3 drives?
Click to expand...

There is no 3-drive limit inside the OS. You would need to say more
about the hardware, etc. and might try *.win2000.hardware group first.
 
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